Environment
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Society USACars, Steer Clear – E-Bikes Are Here (and They’re on a Roll)!
Electric bicycles are all the rage in the United States, and while fuel and car prices shoot up, the healthy and environmentally-friendly alternative benefits from a $4 billion tax break - just another incentive to keep the trend rolling!
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Environment United KingdomLess Light Pollution Means Brighter Night Skies!
The United Kingdom has the world's highest concentration of dark (non-light polluted) sky areas, leading the growing global trend of keeping light pollution to a minimum as studies show that dark skies are beneficial to human health, wildlife and the environment.
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Society SenegalThis Territory Has Been Restored, Bringing Young Locals Back Home!
Following a decade of hard conservation work, biodiversity, ecosystems, and resources have been restored in Kawawana, Senegal, with younger generations coming back to their native land, committed more than ever to preserve what has been saved.
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Environment United KingdomThese Measures Take Us a Big Leap Forward to Protecting Our Oceans
The United Kingdom’s Blue Planet Fund is injecting some $600 million into projects such as halting illegal fishing and plastic pollution and increasing marine protection as part of a wider goal of protecting at least 30% of all oceans by 2030.
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Environment USAHistoric Agreement Makes Sure Natives Have Their Equal Say (and It’s Good for the Climate, Too!)
The United States signed a historic agreement with five Native American Nations to co-manage Utah’s National Monument, where tribes are seen as equals and experts to better protect the natural landscape and save the cultural traditions associated with it.
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Environment EuropeClimate Action Reaches Next Level with These Two New Laws
All member states of the European Union (EU) will have to abide by two newly adopted laws, one set to restore Europe’s nature by 2050 and another aimed at cutting in half the use of chemical pesticides by 2030, as a collective effort to halt the…
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Environment JapanFirst Asian Insurer to Rule Out Coal Investing
The very first Asian insurer to rule out insurance and investment in coal companies by 2025, including those who are involved in energy exploitation in the Arctic Refuge, is one of Japan's top non-life insurers, which aims at reaching net zero by 2030.
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